On 30 November 1939, Russian forces pressed into Finland, with over one million men, 1500 tanks, and 3000 planes. Compared to The Finns (Finland) Army which only had about 175,000 men little in tanks, artillery and planes. When Soviet forces crossed Russio-Finns boarder, the inevitable happened to the Soviets. With Finland army knowing their whole country's territory very well, the Russians had no chance against the Finns.
Finland Army used such tactics like midnight runs, or night operations in other general wording. Other tactics such as he Motlov Cocktail, highly explosive and effective weapon that was used. The Motlov Cocktail was a glass bottle that had a liquid called petrol. Inside a the neck glass was a rag of some kind. Finns would light the rag and throw it, causing a highly effective weapon.
The Motlov creation became a great use for the Finns in their fight against the Russians. Their use for these was helpful to slow down Soviet advancement, by doing Night Operations to destroy Soviet tanks.
The Motlov creation became a great use for the Finns in their fight against the Russians. Their use for these was helpful to slow down Soviet advancement, by doing Night Operations to destroy Soviet tanks.
In addition to one of their tactic the Finns dressed as Soviets in order to communicate with the Russian supplies in order to redirect them into Finland hands. Another tactic was to keep warm and blend in with their environment. Compared to the Soviets, Finns were dressed for the weather, and were willing to sacrifice themselves for their country.
Day after day Russians, tried there best to destroy the Finland army, but due to Finns knowledge of the land, the Russians were out matched. Many Finland heroes, such as Simo Hayha, who had killed 505 Russians. Remarkably survived after he got shot in his left Jaw by a Russian Soldier.
After 3 months of the Finns holding Russian forces off. Finnish soldiers, tired and weak for fighting for 3 months straight, gave up and surrendered. Finland government made a treaty with Russia, and Russia accepted the treaty.
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I find that the Finnish army had good tactics, when they had to defend against the Soviets. The Soviet losses came to the fact that compared to the Finnish army, the saying of "the best defense is the best offense" is a true fact. The invasion of Finland proved that statement is true. As you can tell, by the information, that the Finnish army, had held their ground and had slowed down the advancement of the Soviets for three months, by using all their knowledge of warfare, and using their knowledge of their terrain to their advantage. Again this proves when it comes down to warfare that numbers mean nothing, compared to the knowledge of the terrain and surroundings that you have.
